WATER QUALITY

PARAMETER

Correlation Coefficient

p-value

(2-tail)

Hardness

-0.355

0.489

Total alkalinity

-0.813

0.049

Calcium

-0.710

0.114

Nitrate

0.484

0.331

Orthophosphate

-0.606

0.202

Total phosphorus

-0.235

0.654

Sulfate

-0.679

0.138

Dissolved oxygen

-0.044

0.934

Dissolved oxygen (% sat.)

0.016

0.976

pH

0.243

0.643

Water temperature

0.033

0.951